The McGill Tribune Vol. 13 Issue 6

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Tribune

October 13-18,1993

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

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" W Wednesday. October 13 The M cGfll/InterAm fcus Hu­ man Rlghte Forum presents the Honour­ able Richard Goldstone, Supreme Court of South Africa, speaking on "Towards a PostApartheid, Democratic South Africa.’ 12302 PM, Moot Court, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Red. The International Relations So­ ciety meets at 6 PM at 550 Sherbrooke, Rm 1175.

Aboriginal and lim it Students o f M cGill meet at 2 PM in the Education Building 3700 McTavish, Rm.327. For more info, call Eva at 398-1868.

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SSMUCouncil meetstodayat6 PM in the Shatner Bldg All weloome.

subtitles w ill be shown. $3 members, $4 public Everybody welcome.

M cGillSIDE (Students forInter­ national D evelopm ent Education) presents a talk on “Religion, Liberation and Development” today at 630 PM in Leacock 721. Speakers: Prof. Hilary Cunningham, and PTof. Steven Scharper. Bring spare change and a mug for tea and snacks!

The Y elow DoorCcfibe House presentsgreatblues musicbyBobRyskiewic7. with Kati Ilona, followed ty an open stage.

8 PM, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. $2. For more info call 3986243.

The Mochemistty Department presents Dr. Alexander Neyfack speaking on “Efflux-mediated Multidrug-Resistance in Bacteria.” 11:30 AM, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Rm. 903-

Jason Beck, et al perform in the Alley at 9 PM. $3 gets you in.

The FacultyafM usic presentsthe McGill Wind Symphony, directed by Robert Gibson. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St W. Free. For more info tall 398-4547/ 8101.

M cGill Irn p rw performs for free every Wed in the Alley at &30 PM.

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M cGill Outing f ib — we do more things more often and have more fun than any other group on campus. Checkus out Wednesdays at 7:30 PM, Leacock 26 or 132.

Ja so n Beck, etal perform in the Alley at 9 PM. $3, and in you go.

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An Abortion Support Group meets every second Wednesday evening in a comfortable living room, for women who wish to share their experiences. We also provide a clinic escort service. For more information contact the McGill Women's Union at 3986823 or Maija at 286-8075The Faculty of M usk presents: Master's Recital by Terrence Edwards, piano. 8 PM, Pollack HalL Master's Redtal by Yvan Moreau, trombone. 8 PM, Redpath H al Jean Duron, musicologist, speak­ ing on “La découverte et l’intetpretation de manuscrits inédits,” in collaboration with the FrenchConsulate.7:30PM,Clara Iichtenstein Hall, C209.

All presentations are free. For more info call 3984547/8101.

Thursday. October 14 The Red H erring proudly announces thebirth ofits new group meetings.

Join us every Thursday at 4 PM in our office, Shatner B07, for humour support and idea parenting. We are always anxious to raise your funny baby, yes!

The Quebec P iftlk Interest Re­ search Group’s Publicity Committee meets at 6 PM in Eaton Building room 505. For more info call 845-1839 or 398-7432.

PaintBall Trip with the O M cG ill O uting CM». $35 includes o tran spo rtatio n , lunch, andsupplies.

Come to an Outing dub meeting or the office, or call Dave at 351-6474 or Dan at 289-9560 for more info. cn

The Sexual Assault Centre of M cG ill (SACOM) offers two facilitated mutual aid support groups: “Women Survi­ vors of Domestic Viderce” and “Men Sur­ vivors of Sexual Abuse.” Both meet from 6:30630 PM in private rooms at McGilL Call 398-2700.

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SACOM offers a facilitated mutual aid support group for Friends and Family of Survivors of Sexual Abuse. 6:30-8:30 PM, private room at McGill. Call 398-2700.

The Faculty o f M usk presents a Voice Master class with Jean EXiron, musi­ cologist, in collaboration with the French Consulate. Auditors weloome. 3 PM, Clara Lichtenstein Hall, C209- For more info call 3984547/8101.

M cG l Im prov offers free work­ shops every Saturday in the Shatner Bldg, from 12-2 PM. See sign in lobby for room location.

SACOM offers a facilitated mutual aid support group for Women with Eating Disorders. Body imageissuesalsoaddressod 7-9 PM, private room at McGilL Call 398 2700.

Friday. October IS The International Relations So­ ciety is conducting a forum on Bosnia in Shatner 107 from 11:30 AM-130 PM. See posters aroundcampusforfurtherdetails, or go to the 1RS office in Shatner 419The Department o f Psychiatry presents a seminar fcy Dr.J.-P.Julien, Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience, on “A transgenic mouse model ofALS.” 12:30-1:30 PM, 1(83 Pine W , Rm. 138.

There w ill be an informational meeting regarding the expansion of the International Student Exchange Pro­ gram. Anyone interested, the meeting is in Shatner 435 at 3 PM The M cGillTaiwanese Students’ Association (M ISA) presents Movie Nile at 6:30 PM in Leacock 132. Two great Chinese movies with English and Chinese

Mnmfay October 18 The Education Undergraduate Society invites everybody to oome to an information meeting on volunteering for Safe Halloween. Moneygoesto SunYouth's camp for underprivileged children. 6 PM, Shatner Ballroom.

The Departm ent o f Biology presents the Joan Marsden Lecture by Dr. Robert Sokal, of SUNY-Stony Brook, on ■ Genetic evidence for the origin cf the IndoEuropeans.” 5 PM, Stewart Biology Bldg., South Wing Rm. Sl/3“CorruptTories: Whatthey never told you aboutcorruption in Ottawa,” a talk withelectioncancBdalesGlenKealey,former Tory organizer and Hull developer turned corruption fighter, and Shelley Ann Clark, freetradefraudwhistie-blowerJPM,Leacock

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Tickets go on sale today for the McGill Drama and Theatre Program’s pro­ duction of “Tartuffe,” being performed at Moyse Hallfrom Nov. 36 and 10-13- $1(V$6 students and seniors. For info and reserva­ tions, call 3986070.

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B Y M IC H A E L BRO A D H URST AND M O N IQ U E S H E B B E A R E McGill’s Vice-Principal (Aca­ demic) William Leggett was named the seventeenth Principal of King­ ston’s Queen’s University at a press conference Tuesday. Leggett will commence his new duties on Sep­ tember 1st, 1994. He will move to Queen’s this August for a one-year transitional period.

Leggett has been VP (Aca­ demic) at McGill since August 1, 1991. Previously, he was Dean of Science at McGill from 1986 until 1991- Leggett was the chair of McGill’s Department of Biology from 1982 until 1986.

Leggett was chosen from a short list of six candidates, from both within and outside the Queen’s community, by a selection com­ mittee at Queen’s. The committee of 21 included representatives from ïhe university’s faculty, staff and students. The selection process in­ cluded open forums and meetings with 155 campus groups to solicit

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A study released by McGill’s sexual harassment assessors has indicated a reluctance among stu­ dents, faculty and staff to report cases of sexual harassment.

In 1986, McGill’s Board of Governors appointed four asses­ sors to deal with complaints of sexual harassment. From 1986 through 1992, the assessors heard a total of 115 cases, of which 92 were dealt with at the informal level. McGill’s sexual harassment regulations allow a student to present a case to the assessor. The complainant must give written per­ mission for the case to proceed to the “formal” level. The remaining 24 were processed at the formal level.

According to the report, “in­ formation received by the asses­ sors... suggested that possibly the problem of sexual harassment was more widespread than indicated by the number of complaints re­ ceived and that there were many unreported cases on our campus.”

In the academic year of 19911992, McGill’s administration granted the assessors permission to conduct a survey of the McGill community’s attitude towards sexual harassment and its preven­ tion both on- and off-campus. The subsequent report was written by sexual harassment assessor Patricia Wells, a professor at McGill’s School of Physical and Occupational Therapy.

Wells's based her survey on a questionnaire used at the Univer­ sity of Manitoba in 1988.The re­ port’s findings outlined the preva­ lence of sexual harassment within the McGill community. Of the 1,684 men and women who responded to the survey, 36 per cent declared

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“Queen’s gets a very good great surprise. I always thought he In a statement released at the Principal, Bill Leggett gets recogni­ would make a great principal some­ press conference, held at the Fac­ ulty Club of Queen’s University tion for his talents, and McGill where,” added John McCallum, yesterday, Leggett expressed en­ loses a big part of the university,” McGill’s Dean of Arts.

Ruth Promislow, Students' he added. thusiasm for his new position.

Society (SSMU) VP University “Frankly, the experience ■i Affairs, noted that Leggett’s de­ fills me with a sense of honour wm parture will result in a loss of an and a sense of humility,” Leggett “ T h e e x p e r i e n c e fills m e important ally to students. said.

“This is a loss for McGill w ith a s e n s e o f h o n o u r Leggett added that he was students in that Leggett has been confident that the move to a n d a s e n s e o f h u m i l i ty .” quite receptive to student initia­ Queen’s would be rewarding. tives and perspectives,” “I’m confident that the ex­ Promislow said. “There have pertise is here, and I’m totally -W illia m L e g g e t t , M c G ill been some issues where stu­ honoured to be participating [at V ic e -P rin c ip a l (A c a d e m ic ) dents and Dr. Leggett have been this university],” he said. on opposite sides, but generally McGill administrators ■■ he’s been honest, straightfor­ stressed that the McGill com- ■■ ward and fair.” munity would suffer a loss by SSMU President Mark Luz McGill Chancellor Gretta Leggett’s departure.

Vice-Principal (Planning and Chambers also expressed regret agreed with Promislow’s com­ Resources) François Tavenas com­ that the university would be losing ments.

“We lost one of the good Leggett. mented on the appointment. “[The appointment] is a great administrators. I think [Vice-Princi­ “I’m very pleased for Bill pal] Leggett contributed a lot to Leggett. It’s indeed a very remark­ compliment to Vice-Principal Leggett,” she said. “Queen’s is a McGill. Queen’s is pretty lucky to able promotion. At the same time, I’m sad to see him leave after only very good university, but it’s a loss have him as principal,” Luz said.

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that they “know one or more per­ sons who had sexually harassing experiences at McGill.”

Based on this percentage, the report estimated there were approximately 606 cases of sexual harassment in the final six months of the 1991-1992 academic year.

During that period, only 30 cases were presented to the assessors.

The report also examined the reasons behind the McGill com­ munity’s unwillingness to come forward with complaints of sexual harassment.

In response to the question, “At the present time, if someone were to complain about sexual harassment, what do you believe would happen?” 21.9 per cent of respondents believed that the per­ son who complained would suffer, while 13 9 per cent of those sur­ veyed answered that the person who complained would not be believed. Only 5.7 per cent be­ lieved the offender would be pun­ ished.

According to the report, “It appears... that sexual harassment incidents are reported to family and friends rather than to deans, departments chairs and sexual har­ assment assessors. The reason for not reporting to the appropriate authority is that the complainants fear that they will suffer, be made fun of, and in the final analysis the harasser will not be disciplined for the offensive act.”

The study thus concluded that the hesitancy to report cases of sexual harassment “suggests that [university] regulations are not well known or trusted by the campus community.”

Well's report suggested that this reluctance to come forward could be attributed to a lack of understanding regarding the prob­

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lem of sexual harassment. Further­ more, the findings stressed a need for a set of sexual harassment com­ plaint procedures that would fos­ ter the confidence of the McGill community.

Though Well’s report is a positive step in the direction of reducing the problem of sexual harassment at McGill, arguments have been raised concerning the survey’s objectives.

McGill Students’ Society VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow argued that the 15,000 dollar sur­ vey failed to provide sufficient in­ formation.

“Considering the time and re so u rce s put into it, they could have come up with a more useful survey,” she explained.

“There were no gender b r e a k ­ downs — the numbers weren’t as telling as they could have been.”

Among Promislow’s main con­ cerns was the lack of student par­ ticipation in the report.

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sault Centre of McGill was never asked what questions they thought could help address the issue,” she argued.

When asked about the re­ port’s recommendations for change, Promislow noted that the inappro­ priate questions may have led to deficient recommendations.

“The recommendations can be problematic in that the survey didn’t ask enough questions to create grounds for adequate con­ clusions,” she said. “What the sur­ vey failed to do was question whether the [current sexual harass­ ment] prolicy deals with [the re­ spondents’] concerns.”

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Queen’s current Principal, David Smith, explained that his university has secured its future by naming Leggett as his replace­ ment.

“He is a wonderful choice.

He has impressive credentials, his scholarly work is first-rate and widely acclaimed,” Smith said. “He has handled important administra­ tive work in many capacities at McGill and has done very well in all.”

Queen’s Alma Mater Society President Katherine Philip», who was a member of the selection committee, was enthusiastic about Leggett’s nomination.

“I thought he was a fabulous candidate. I’m really excited about his administrative approach and dedication to academic excellence,” she said.

McGill Principal David Johnston could not be reached for comment.

Withfiles from Z/beQueen’s Journal and the Queen's University Office o f News and Public Relations.

SAFETY NOTES

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As part of the Canadian Cam­ pus Safety Conference (CCSC) held October 6-10, Bert Young, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology atjohn Abbott College in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, led a seminar designed to help male participants address is­ sues of sexism at their own cam­ puses.

According to CCSC Co-ooordinator Ruth Promislow, 65 partici­ pants from campuses across Canada attended the five-day conference.

Promislow also holds the position of McGill Students’ Society VP Uni­ versity Affairs.

Fifteen seminars addressed a variety of issues affecting campus safety, including the founding and operation of sexual assault centres and foot patrols, issues of race and gender relations, racial and sexual harassment, and sexism.

As presenter of the Saturday morning seminar on sexism, Young addressed the allegation that while men are often concerned about sexism, most are unable to act effec­ tively on these concerns.

“A lot of women are aware that many men have been con­ cerned with these issues, but basi­ cally have done nothing,” he stated.

Young presented a program, developed in the 1989-1990 aca­ demic year at Queen’s University in Kingston that was intended to con­ front sexist attitudes and behaviour.

The creation and implementation of the program were sparked by an incident in the fall of 1989, in which women students participating in a “Take Back the Night” march on the Queen’s campus were confronted by male students allegedly hurling insults at the women and brandish­ ing sexist banners.

Young outlined the mandate and components of the original plan.

The program offered six sessions designed to address issues ranging from childhood influence and adult responses to alternatives to vio­

lence. Young pin­ pointed several problem areas of the program however, including the program’s lack of offi­ cial status and recogni­ tion from the university and the lack of a com­ prehensive plan of ac­ tion.

In light of these experiences, Young provided participants with tips for providing a thorough response to sexism on their cam­ puses.

According to Young, university dis­ ciplinary procedure concerning sexual and other harassment should be clearly de­ fined. Universities should formalize and prioritize programs dealing with sexism for both men and women.

Young stressed that the final goal was to promote meetings between men and women where these is­ sues could be openly addressed.

“Our commitment is based on the idea that men and women will have to work together to solve these types of problems,” he said.

In the second half of the semi­ nar, participants went through one of the sessions of the Queen’s pro­ gram. They confronted childhood influences which may have induced sexist attitudes, and they responded to these incidents by attempting to “rewrite the scripts" of these inci­ dents.

Paul Craven, VP Student Is­ sues of the University of Western Ontario’s University Students’Coun­ cil, was enthusiastic about the semi­ nar’s format and results.

“This has been the most inter­ esting part of the week,” he said. “I thought it was an excellent oppor­ tunity to get together in a different

C a n d id a t e s B Y R IC H L A T O U R Four federal election candi­ dates participated in a low key debate at Concordia University last Tuesday. The purpose of the de­ bate was to discuss the differences between political parties and their various platforms about jobs and the deficit.

A crowd of 175, composed mostly of students, attended the debate in order to hear Progressive Conservative candidate Maeve Quaid, Liberal candidate Lincoln Clifford, New Democratic Party can­ didate Bruce Toombs and National Party candidate Cyril MacNeil dis­ cuss the issues. The debate was sponsored by the Concordia Politi­ cal Science Students’ Association.

The student association had invited the Bloc Québécois to send a candidate, but the party declined the invitation.

Quaid, the PC’s Notre Dame de Grâce (NDG) candidate, advo­ cated the doctrine of personal re­ sponsibility in her proposal that Canada’s $39 billion deficit be brought down to zero within five years.

“There are things the PC gov­

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ernment is putting into place for your generation, but you must ask yourself, What am I going to do for myself?”’ Quaid said. “If Canadians say they are hungry I won’t give them a fish, but teach them how to fish for themselves.”

Toombs, the NDP’s NDG can­ didate, was the most p>assionate of the four, and criticized the Tories’ preoccupation with bringing down the deficit at the expense of jobs.

“To be sitting back and say­ ing the number one problem is the deficit and not jobs is wrong,” he asserted . “The search for the bal­ anced budget is not the search for the holy grail. Unemployment is expensive [for] the government and we want to change the economy so that chronic unemployment be­ comes a thing of the past.”

Liberal candidate Clifford Lin­ coln, from the Lachine-Lac St-Louis riding, agreed with Toombs’s criti­ cism of the Conservative platform.

“We should have a rational approach to cut the deficit to three percent of total growth in Canada,” asserted Lincoln, whose party ad­ vocates a gradual decrease in the deficit and short-term government initiatives to kick-start the economy

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Councillors cancel retreat Students’ Society (SSMU) Councillors voted to save student money by cancelling this year’s council retreat.

The council retreat is a trip organized by the speaker to council each year, and is intended to encourage councillors to meet in an informal setting in order to facilitate discussion concerning goals and objectives for the coming year.

Council Speaker Greg Shron had originally planned an excursion to an overnight camp in St. Agathe, Quebec. At a council meeting in September, Shron announced that in light of the new spirit of financial restraint, it had not been possible to plan a viable retreat.

“I’m disappointed that we’re not going to meet in a more informal setting, which would have enabled us to become a close-knit group,” explained Shron. “However, I fully resp>ect the spirit of fiscal restraint.”

Council budgeted 500 dollars of SSMU funds for this year’s retreat.

Each councillor would have had to to provide an additional 20 dollars in personal funds in order to have a retreat.

Shron emphasized that the original plan had not been extravagant.

“It’s not like going to a resort,” he said. “It would cost 23 dollars for three meals and a night’s lodging. Adding packs and transportation makes it more expensive.” forum.”

In his closing remarks, Young asserted the benefits of creating a safe and open environment in which men could address and confront issues of sexism. However, he again stressed the need for dialogue with and input from women’s organiza­ tions.

“Women have created a chal­ lenge for us and said, We want a better society’,” Young told the par­ ticipants. “The connection with women’s group» is vital. You can get support and help if you ap­ proach women’s groups on campxts.”

Promislow appeared satisfied with the conference’s overall re­ sults.

“I think the conference has beenverysuccessful,”shestated. “A lot of pieople who usually work on campus with one particular issue have now learned how to find the common element in all the issues we have addressed.”

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McGill under fire over fraternity funding Questions concerning the directing of university funds to the Zeta Psi fraternity were raised at last Wednesday’s Senate meeting.

A memorandum from 1988 discussing the directing of funds to Zeta Psi through the university was presented to Senate by Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow.

In response to Promislow’s question, McGill’s Vice Principal (Advancement) Michael Keifer assured Senate that no university funds had been directed to any fraternities in the last five years.

“Though I wasn’t able to find a copy of the memo, I can assure you that no time or money have been put towards the funding of fraternities,” he stated.

Keifer noted that McGill did receive five unsolicited gifts to Zeta Psi in the p>ast five years. The funds were designated for improvements to the Zeta Psi fraternity house which was and continues to be owned

by McGill.

“The money resulting from the gifts was never transferred to the fraternity because they moved out of the house before renovations could begin,” Keifer said. “We’ve held on to the gifts designated for Zeta Psi and intend to use them for scholarship» or development.”

Promislow ended the discussion by proposing a motion which would effectively end all funding for fraternities or their houses, whether McGill-owned or not.

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through various make-work projects. “You cannot divorce job creation from the deficit, and that’s what our programs protect.”

In response to criticism from Quaid that the National Party “sticks its head in the sand” when it comes to issues such as free trade among industrialized coun­ tries, National Party Laval-Ouest candidate Cyril MacNeil, whose party advocates the abrogation of free trade, fought back.

“I understand it enough to know that free trade does not mean walking hand in hand with the United States and Mexico,” he said.

MacNeil also called for the preservation of social programs, as well as the formation of a Royal Commission on Taxation to look into alternatives to the Goods and Services Tax. “Common sense and no hid­ den agenda is what the National Party is all about,” he stated.

In response to a query pxit to him in the question and answer period following the debate, Toombs questioned the urgency of cutting the deficit.

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However, Quaid took issue withToombs’ statement in response to a similar question posed by Helen Gephardt, 29, of Montreal.

“If we keep the deficit then we are not in a position to decrease taxes,” said Quaid.

Gephardt, a p>art-time McGil student, stated after the debate tha she was leaning towards the NDP Said Gephardt: “He [Toombs] war the only one who answered th< question.”

Fred Headon, a 22-year-olc McGill law student, was satisfiec with the debate.

“I was glad to see there wash a lot of shouting back and forth,’ Headon remarked. “They kept i on a px»itive level.”

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PG SS lo s e s b id f o r d i r e c t a c c r e d ita tio n B Y RAM RA N D H A W A The Post Graduate Students’ Society CPGSS) of McGill has been denied an appeal for direct ac­ creditation by the Quebec gov­ ernment. If a further appeal to Quebec’s Minister for Higher Edu­ cation Lucienne Robillard fails, the society will need to stage a costly referendum in order to be accredited.

Accreditation would serve three major purposes for the PGSS. Formal recognition by the Que­ bec government would entitle the society to seats on major univer­ sity bodies. PGSS already sits on several university boards, but only as a privilege granted by the uni­ versity.

Accreditation would also require the university to collect fees on behalf of the society and fpmit them to PGSS. The third significant benefit of accreditation is that it would require the university to provide space for a PGSS office.

PGSS VP External Eric Laferrière expressed frustration at the rejection of their appeal.

“We’re very disappointed,” said Laferrière. “Twenty-five per cent [the percentage needed to achieve quorum] needed in a ref­ erendum will cost us thousands of dollars and a lot of time and energy from the executive.”

Concerns were raised over the government’s accreditation policy when Quebec Bill 32, rati­ fied in June of 1983, made no

reference to different orders of education at university.

“The situation was that an undergraduate association could claim status as the only student body on campus,” explained

corporated at the time the bill was introduced. Direct accreditation allowed student groups to achieve recognition without having to go to referendum. This provision, which is commonly referred to as

and various post-graduate asso­ ciations around the province, the provincial government introduced Bill 40 in June of this year. Bill 40 is intended to govern accredita­ tion of students’ societies in June

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Laferrière. “Lobbying was done so that societies of continuing education and graduate students would be recognized as separate associations.”

Bill 32 did, however, allow for direct accreditation of stu­ dents’ associations that were in­

a “grandfather clause,” gave all eligible groups 90 days to be accredited after the adoption of the bill.

In response to the concerns raised by the Regroupment des A ssociations des Cycles Supérieurs du Québec (RACSQ)

of this year.

Section 2.1 of Bill 40 states that “students at the undergradu­ ate level, students at the Master’s and Doctoral levels and students in continuing education, consti­ tute distinct student groups.”

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VP Secretary, met with Robillard earlier this year. According to Auclair, Robillard indicated that the grandfather clause would ap­ ply in bill 40 as well.

“When we asked her if it [the grandfather clause] would be reissued, she said, ‘I see no rea­ son why it shouldn’t be’,” noted Auclair.

The grandfather clause was not, however, included in the drafting of Bill 40. According to Laferrière, PGSS’s appeal to be directly accredited was based on the hope that the legislators of the bill had intended to include the grandfather clause.

“We knew that our appeal rested on an interpretation of the spirit of the law, and not on a textual reading of the law,” he explained.

“Apparently, for reasons that escape me, the minister has de­ cided to do away with the grand­ father clause,” he added.

Laferrière emphasized the importance of accreditation rights.

“It’s important that students have a voice in the decisions made by the university, as these decisions affect them directly,” he said.

Auclair expressed concern at the miscommunication exist­ ing between Robillard and him­ self.

“I think there was clearly a misunderstanding,” he said. “She [Robillard] probably didn’t even know what the grandfather clause was. She probably didn’t even care.”

ICSA re s p o n d s to e a rth q u a k e

BY RAGHU VEN UG O PAL In response to last week’s deadly earthquake that ravaged India’s Maharashtra state, the McGill and Montreal Indian com­ munities have united to solicit and provide funds and aid. Hav­ ing claimed thousands of lives, the earthquake has also left up to 130,000 people homeless. The disaster has created a pressing need for clothing, food, clean water and medical aid.

Within a few days of the disaster, McGill students had set up relief funds, opened telephone lines, and established a local re­ lief headquarters on the McGill Campus.

The headquarters of McGill’s “Earthquake Relief Fund" was established at the offices of the McGill India-Canada Student’s Association (ICSA). The ICSA has been raising money through cam­ pus samosa sales and has planned several fundraising events, includ­ ing a charity dance and a movie night.

ICSA President Anita Joshi explained that fundraising efforts are well underway, although vol­ unteers are still needed.

“Samosa sales have gone well,” she said “Students right now can help us by volunteering

to man our relief phone lines. In terms of the current situation, all we can do is to try and raise money to help those in need.”

Joshi requested that students contribute in any way they can to the relief effort.

“The ICSA is appealing to your help in any way. We shouldn’t just think of ourselves and our comfort, but think of others less fortunate,” she said.

Joshi and other ICSA mem­ bers have been coordinating the fundraising on a round-the-clock basis. Volunteers have also con­ tacted local colleges and initiated an extensive mail campaign to inform Montrealers of the need for financial aid.

“Relief phone lines are be­ ing run from 9 AM to 9 PM, and hopefully our flyers will draw us more support,” explained relief office co-ordinators Anita Metha and Lyn Ponniah.

“It’s been slow but we’re working hard at it, and we need more volunteers, ”Ponniah added.

Ponniah, a Concordia Uni­ versity student, has helped to coordinate Concordia’s relief ef­ forts with those of McGill.

The Quebec Division of the Canadian Red Cross has also lent support to the relief campaign.

Jean Brabant, Director of Interna­ tional Services, noted the impor­

tance of financial assistance.

“Considering the 25,000 fa­ talities, 150,000 homeless and 15,000 injured, the best action is to send money,” he explained.

“Relief efforts are pretty much under control. The Indian army is involved, as well as the Indian Red Cross.”

McGill faculty have also become involved with the McGill community’s response to this dis­ aster. McGill Mathematics Profes­ sor Gowri Sankaran is coordinat­ ing an additional relief effort which he hopes will gain the support of Montreal’s Indian community.

“With an Indian population in Montreal of 50,000, I feel we can raise $25,000 for the relief fund,” he explained.

“This is the first time since our independence movement that we have called upon the world for humanitarian help and relief.

One hundred per cent of the money we raise, along with that raised by the Red Cross, will go directly to the disaster site,” he added.

The Red Cross and the local student relief efforts are accept­ ing donations payable to “Earth­ quake India-Canadian Red Cross Society”. Contributions can be made at the ICSA office, located in William Shatner University Centre.

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EDITORIAL In India, on the morning of September 30th, the worst earthquake in nearly five dec­ ades devastated the eastern region o f the state of Maharashtra. An estimated 30,000 people died in the dis­ aster, while tens of thousands of others have been left home­ less. The death toll would prob­ ably have been even higher if not for the religious festival in honour of Ganesh, the elephant god, which kept many people celebrating outside throughout the night. It was those inside edifices who were trapped un­ der debris.

This natural disaster was not altogether unexpected.

Tremours have been recorded in the area for over a year, but have elicited no government attention. Maharashtra is an arid region with loose topsoil, and homes are predominantly made of mud with stone rooftops.

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permitting homes to collapse eas­ ily. The government even allowed the construction of dams in this high-risk area, increasing erosion and rendering the region more vulnerable to massive destruc­ tion from earthquakes.

This type of colossal devas­ tation would not have occurred in California, since government agencies there have mandated that edifices be able to withstand the forces of earthquakes. Both the material and the location of houses were given the utmost consideration.

Since no preventative meas­ ures were taken in India, the rebuilding process has been ren­ dered much more difficult. In response to the disaster, India’s central government pledged $870,000 in “immediate” emer­ gency relief assistance. Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao declared that relief efforts were being put on a “war foot­ ing”. The Indian Army is leading local operations with the aid of

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the Indian Red Cross. However, reports have indicated that local volunteers have most effectively administered aid.

The government operation appears mired in the morass of Indian bureaucracy. Even if aid is dispatched, there is a lack of available transportation routes. A single two-lane road running from Bombay to Hyderabad is the only link to the stricken area. Conse­ quently, traffic jam s have abounded and supplies have been held up, leaving the needy unat­ tended.

Due to the severity of the situation, the Indian Prime Minis­ ter, for the first time in history, agreed to accept international aid.

Previously a non-aligned state, India had always rejected foreign assistance in the past. The United States, the paternal world figure, was the first to respond. In addi­ tion, agencies such as Oxfam, the International Red Cross, UNICEF and World Vision are organizing .relief efforts. However, this abun­

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dance of assistance not only pro­ vides a mere band-aid solution, but the efforts become irrelevant if the area is not accessible.

One Oxfam official pre­ dicted that it would be at least a year before the 40 to 50 villages destroyed in the earthquake could be rebuilt. While the Indian gov­ ernment stated that it would com­ pensate those who lost their homes, no specific program was presented. What budget area will provide these funds? Further, who will benefit from these govern­ ment donations? Will compensa­ tion be distributed equally among the various ethnic groups and social classes? More importantly, with India’s population nearing 900 million, why is anyone to believe that the government will focus its finances on an area which it had previously neglected?

With all of these questions remaining unanswered, the in­ terest of the media in the plight of the people of Maharashtra is be­ ginning to wane. Although news­

papers provided disturibing im­ ages of the wreckage and of despairing families for the two days following the quake, only the occasional bluib is now provided. Instead of focusing on how effective relief efforts have been and considering what limitations are involved with the rebuilding process, the G lo b e a n d M a il is running miracle stories on toddlers who have survived for days trapped under wreckage.

Right now, focus is on the clean-up operation, but the rebuilding process has to include foresight. Another earthquake will undoubtedly occur in this area. If a little Californian knowledge is not applied to India’s situation, nothing will be different the next time such a disaster oc­ curs.

the existence of female hyste­ ria.

Fish er’s lawyer, Eric Naiburg, explained to the T im es that Buttafuoco’s plea bargain re­ vealed Amy Fisher “was being manipulated by a man much older and wiser than she. ” She certainly was considering he earned royal­ ties by raping a 16-year-old.

The distance between TV movies and and universities was neatly breached by the recent comments from English profes­ sor William Kerrigan at Amherst University in September’s H a rp ­ e r ’s M a g a z in e . Kerrigan admitted that he had experienced situa­ tions in which sexual relations

occurred between himself in the role of professor, and younger, fem ale students Kerrigan himself had sexual in tercourse with more than one female student who “has un­ naturally prolonged her virgin ity” for circumstantial and cul tural reasons.

Ultimately, the identities of these celebrities and name less undergraduates have all been subordinated by the older wiser role of the successful man Perhaps it is time to thoroughly reevaluate circumstances, rather than age difference, in order to protect the victims of consent and violation.

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S m e lls lik e t e e n s p i r i t BABBLE 0 I\I B Y K A T E G IB B S Many young women and men have found Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld attractive. At one point, one young woman, apart from his long-suffering wife, Mary Jo, found Joseph Buttafuoco sexually enticing.

As a result of becoming roman­ tically involved with men at least twenty years older than themselves, Soon Ye Previn and Shoshanna Lonstein have been placed in the proverbial dog house and Amy Fisher in the very real Bedford Hills Cor­ rectional Facility.

Younger women with co n sid erab ly older m ale partners are one of the last eyebrow-raising social phe­ nomena left to be challenged by divergent public opinions.

A u c o n tr a ire , the media have had a field day attacking these women as virgin-whores and lambasting their seducers.

Nabokov may have been ac­ cepted into the North Ameri­ can canon but Lolita is unwel­ come non-fiction.

I guess Soon Ye should have known by the way he parked his car sideways that it wouldn’t last — considering quirky Woody Allen doesn’t

drive at all. Their relationship was most akin to Humbert and Lolita’s; it has tom that peculiar fam ily apart. N oneth eless, Humbert restrained himself from fathering children with Lolita’s mother before he hit on her daughter. Art imitates life, par­ ticularly S h a d o w s a n d F o g , some­ times Allen’s not so funny. At the same time, despite all the atten­ tion the relationship received, little validation was paid to the fact that Soon Ye also made a choice to go steady with her mother’s ex.

In a sim ilar fashion , Shoshanna Lonstein’s personal­ ity has been ignored and the press has awarded her a tentative “most highly favoured” status.

College kid Shoshanna and b e a u Jerry Seinfeld have received a lot of slack for “improving”her score on the “purity test”. Just last month, Shosh made a nookie run to NYC to visit Jerry before the fall term commenced at George Washington University. Too young to drink alcohol, at 18, Shoshanna is legal (barely) to have sexual intercourse and ce­ real in the morning with 38-yearold Jerry in New York State.

In New York, the age of consent is 17. According to an article in the N ew Y o rk T im es (October 5, 1993), statutory rape laws are frequently employed by parents frustrated by relationships

between their daughters and men of whom the parents disapprove.

Only last week was the vio­ lation of this consent verified in court by Joseph Buttafuoco the Foul. Having lied, denying all sexual contact with Amy Fisher while she was a minor, Buttafuoco confirmed all public suspicions with his admission.

Prior to his guilty plea, Buttafuoco faced a 19-count in­ dictment which included 6 counts of statutory rape, 12 counts of sodomy, and one count of en­ dangering the welfare of a child.

Had this information been re­ vealed, David Letterman would have never been able to elicit the laughs he did just by saying, “Buttafuoco, Buttafuoco.”

One cannot but question the timing of Joseph Buttafuoco’s plea bargained admission would his story have been as sympa­ thetic to a prime-time audience.

Had Buttafuoco revealed this in­ formation prior to Fisher’s sen­ tencing and the subsequent trio of television movies, Fisher’s media persona may have been considerably different. The me­ dia have portrayed Fisher consist­ ently as a “teen slut” with sexual problems, accessible to the likes of actress Drew Barrymore who is more often than not served up as “teen slut” herself. One can only postulate that these same image makers also subscribe to

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A ll a r e w e l c o m e t o s u b m i t c o m m e n t s a n d l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r . T h e T r i b u n e r e s e r v e s t h e r ig h t n o t t o p r i n t m a te ria l c o n s i d e r e d r a c is t, s e x is t , o r h o m o p h o b i c b y t h e e d i t o r i a l b o a r d . V i e w s e x p r e s s e d in c o m m e n t s a n d le tte rs a r e n o t n e c e s s a r ily th e v ie w s o f th e e d i t o ­ rial b o a r d . L e t t e r s m u s t b e n o m o r e t h a n 3 5 0 w o r d s , a n d c o m m e n t s a r e lim ite d t o 5 0 0 w o r d s . C o m m e n t s a n d le tte rs m u s t b e s u b m itt e d b y 3 PM o n T h u rs d a y a f t e r n o o n f o r i n c l u s i o n in t h e f o l l o w i n s w e e k 's i s s u e .

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ever, according to Singer,is insufficient. Rejecting rac­ ism on these grounds could You may have no­ lead to the plausibility of ticed around sch o o l, an argument claiming that around the city, and even if skin colour could lead us around a good part of the to determine these things globe, that there’s been a about a person, then racist steadily increasing trend. oppression would be justi­ There are tofu burgers in fied.

Finding this unaccept­ the Shatner Centre, veggie able, Singer explores dif­ pâté sandwiches in every ferent reasons for rejecting cafeteria on campus, and racism.

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A good part of this, as most philosophers had with many social move­ with this approach, how­ ments, can be seen to be ever, was that any capacity largely the result of a book. shared by all humans was In 1975, Peter Singer first ultimately shared by many published A n i m a l L i b e r a ­ non-human animals as t i o n . It was in this book well.

Singer anchors his ar­ that the term "speciesism” was first introduced. gument in the principle for Singer, who created the equal consideration of in­ word, defined it as “a terests. The basis for this prejudice or attitude of principle is the capacity to bias in favour of the experience pain and pleas­ interests of members of ure. This capacity, Singer one’s own species and argues, is not some arbi­ against those of other spe­ trary characteristic like in­ cies.” Speciesism, Singer tellect, reason or skin col­ argues, is as unjustifiable our. The capacity for suf­ fering and enjoyment,” he as racism.

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L e tte rs to t h e E d it o r B lo o d s u p p ly c o n c e r n s

An open letter to MaryMargaret Jones: As co-chairs of this year’s SSMU Blood Drive, we would like to respond to your com­ ments in the McGill T r i b u n e .

(October 5-13, “Allegations of discrimination taint blood drive”.)

You claim we do not understand the position of the homosexual community.

However, we approached you in August several times to gain some understanding of the issues that seemed to be of concern to Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays of McGill (LBGM). We came to you before our scheduled meet­ ing with the Red Cross (which was for the exclusive pur­ pose of discussing YOUR concerns about the “homophobic” issue). Why didn’t you or another mem­ ber of LBGM accompany us to this meeting, where we asked all the questions you should have been asking? It seems to us that you have no intentions of considering both sides of this issue, when we have gone out of our way to listen to your point of view.

We have tried to accomodate you as much as we could without interfering with the Blood Drive itself. You, on the other hand, have consist­ ently ignored anything we have had to say as well as the possible ramifications of your intentions.

The current risk of con­ tracting HIV from receiving a blood transfusion is 1 in 250,000. The screening policy in place is responsible for this low number. The Red Cross will not change their policy until they are satisfied that the risk to the recipient of blood products is statisti­ cally negligible, even if this means refusing potential do­ nors to ensure the safety of the blood supply. The Red Cross is required to screen all donors in this manner not only by the federal govern­ ment but also by the World Health Organization. The only thing you will gain by at­ tempting to ban the Red Cross from SSMU is the potential loss of 2000 pints of blood desperately needed for hun­ dreds of life-saving proce­ dures. Is this the way in which you wish to gain understand­ ing for your community?

One final point, MaryMargaret. Since when does a

person’s ability to feel dis­ crimination depend on their sexual orientation? ( “He’s straight, he doesn’t feel the discrimination.”) Being of African origin, “he” is well acquainted with discrimina­ tion.

Jana Taylor Fayez Nathoo ‘93 SSMU Blood Drive Co-chairs

demie year, includes repre­ sentation from the major stu­ dent group» on campus. Its mandate is to review in detail the existing sexual harass­ ment regulations, and to make recommendations for im­ provements wherever these are deemed required.

Individuals or groups wishing to make representa­ tion to the Committee are encouraged to do so in writ­ ing.

William C. Leggett Vice-Principal (Academic)

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I read with interest the editorial entitled “Harassment regulations in need of over­ haul” which appeared in the Sept. 21-27 issue of the T r ib ­ u n e . Conspicuously absent from the commentary was an acknowledgement of the re­ ality that a Committee chaired by Professor Audrey Kobayashi of the Department of Geography is currently meeting to review and rec­ ommend changes to McGill’s Sexual Harassment Regula­ tions. This Committee, which was established at my re­ quest during the 1992-93 aca-

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Re: The P ill a r 's notice in the events column of the T r ib ­ u n e . (October 5-13, “Are you creative...” [sic].)

Everybody is creative.

Unfortunately not everybody is any good with their insights.

In the future please refrain from broadcasting your selfimportance to the commu­ nity at large.

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As women’s groups across Canada become more inclusive, it is timely that Sunera Thobani has assumed the presidency of the National Action Committee on the Sta­ tus of Women (NAC). Thobani addressed a McGill crowd last Thursday at a forum organ­ ized and sponsored by the Canadian Campus Safety Con­ ference.

Thobani was bom in Tan­ zania and came to Canada in 1989. She became involved with NAC groups in Vancou­ ver. Thobani spoke to the Trib­ u n e regarding her plans for NAC. “My goal is to include more women who have not been traditionally part of the organization to be more ac­ tive in the organization than previously,” she said. “This puts pressure on the organiza­ tion to be more open and accessible and reflective of the concerns of [its] member­ ship.”

Thobani has received in­ vitations to speak at many universities across Canada and explained that this demon­ strates an interest from young women concerning NAC and women’s organizations. Issues

of cuts in education and vio­ lence against women in soci­ ety are among the factors she feels encourage women to join these organizations.

Thobani stressed that women’s studies programs of­ fered by universities are valu­ able in bringing the experi­ ence of women to all fields of education. She cautioned, however, that a link between studies and practice must be formulated in order to create an actual benefit for women.

“A danger exists in wom­ en’s studies of becoming insti­ tutionalized,” she stated.

“Women want to learn about the world,

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In the search for a re­ placement forThobani’s pred­ ecessor to the NAC presidency, Judy Rebick, controversy al­ legedly ensued over the issue of whether a woman of colour could effectively represent NAC. For Thobani, the strug­ gle to prove she has the nec­ essary capabilities for the po­ sition continues.

“It’s a battle.... Anti-racist work has a history of this.

Women of colour have been challenging feminist organi­ zations for being exclusionary across the country. There were women of colour in this or­ ganization before I became president, but it continues to

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wanting to change it.

That link must be there, and there is only a very weak link right now. We must re­ member that wom­ en’s studies came out of the con­ cerns of feminist ac­ tivists.”

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remain a struggle regardless of these changes,” she stated.

When questioned about the problem of violence against women, she responded that no easy cure exists.

“Violence against women is tied to women’s inequality,” she said. “No group of people anywhere who are unequal exist without violence. There is no treatment or cure. If we change society then women will be equal.”

Thobani feels that both the existence of front-line women’s organizations and the changing of societal norms are necessary to stop violence against women.

“Rape crisis shel­ ters have been effec­ tive in help­ ing women who have experi­ enced vio­ lence to get out of vio­ lent situa­ tions. They have made it possible for women to have ac­ cess to other op­ tions,” she

explained. “This is the work which needs to be funded and which needs to be supported by progressive governments.

“The legal system, the justice system, is really an un­ just one,” she continued. “It doesn’t really protect women.

We need some massive re­ form of the justice system if women’s rights are to be pro­ tected in this country.”

Thobani commented that young women should stay loyal to the women’s move­ ment, regardless of the cur­ rent backlash, if progress is still to be made.

“There is a real backlash against women in this coun­ try, in response to the effec­ tiveness of women’s groups,” she said. “There is an attempt to erode gains that have been made. Strong myths are out that young women do not care about feminism and that it is only the old ones that are interested in the women’s movement.”

“There are real attempts at silencing women. The big­ gest challenge to women is to break through backlash that feminists are man-haters and want to destroy families.

Women must look at the wom­ en’s movement for what it is worth.”

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Last Thursday night, Sunera Thobani, President of the National Action Commit­ tee on the Status of Women, addressed a McGill audience as the keynote speaker for the Canadian Campus Safety Con­ ference.

Thobani focused on is­ sues of safety in relation to the preservation of social pro­ grams that work for women’s equality. She argued that the current economic situation has allowed many politicians to claim that they have no alter­ native to cutting social pro­ grams, while these cuts attack women’s equality directly.

“The safety of women is something that has been of very low priority in terms of the government that we have, and their agenda,” Thobani stated. “[Cuts are] being pre­ sented as rational, economic

choices. But where the cuts are going to be made are essentially political decisions."

She noted that women’s groups are targeted by politi­ cians and the media as special interest groups that should therefore face program and service cuts.

“If we look at what the funding reality is, an organi­ zation like NAC gets less money than an organization like the Canadian Manufac­ turers’ Association,” she said.

“Yet the Canadian Manufac­ turers’ Association is not be­ ing targeted as a special inter­ est group.”

Thobani asserted that ob­ session surrounding deficit re­ duction is adversely affecting balanced discussions of social policy.

“What we are being told is that there are no alterna­ tives. In the face of the federal election we have to be look­ ing at what alternatives there

are,” she stated.

Although the state of the economy affects all Canadi­ ans, NAC’s annual report on Canadian women demon­ strates that the recession has had a large impact on the situation of women in particu­ lar. According to Thobani, for the first time in many years, women’s participation in the labour force is declining.

Women between the ages of 15 and 24 are hit the hardest.

Fully two-thirds of part-time workers are women.

“The reality is that women are doing much, much worse in the economy," she stated.

Thobani also highlighted a growing polarization be­ tween women in the highest and lowest paying jobs in the country. While women repre­ sent only 20 per cent of work­ ers in the ten highest paid positions in the country, they represent 72 per cent of work­

ers in the ten lowest paid jobs in the country.

“If this polarization sets up individual women against the collective rights of women, it is a very dangerous place to be heading,” Thobani stated.

She noted Kim Campbell’s effect on the dis­ cussions concerning women during the current election campaign. Although Thobani remarked that having a woman ascend to the prime ministership was in itself a successful event, she stressed that this affects the manner in which women’s issues are viewed in the country. According to Thobani, not only are women told that Kim Campbell’s pres­ ence as prime minister is evi­ dence of the eradication of inequality, but Campbell’s gender overrides all other dis­ cussions of issues concering women during the election period.

“The [only] serious dis­ cussion [held in the media] about the impact of [a female prime minister] on this coun­ try, is whether she will be pulling the votes of women,” Thobani asserted. “There is no discussion taking place about the poverty of women, the unemployment of women, and violence against women.”

Thobani stressed that NAC’s election strategy would focus on the notion of alterna­ tives. She noted that NAC will create a document outlining what it believes are construc­ tive approaches to deficit re­ duction. According to Thobani, NAC will not be en­ dorsing parties or candidates due to the organization’s de­ sire to focus on policies.

“The most important thing is that when women go out to vote, they vote on the basis of policies they support which are more progres­ sive.”

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Romano elaborated on the problems faced by the residents Two students from the o f Tijuana.

Universidad Tberoamericana “W e’re very concerned (UI) in Tijuana are auditing the about the proper use o f land, Minimum Cost Housing gradu­ and our government isn’t able ate program in McGill’s Faculty to do anything about the prob­ of Architecture. Tijuana, a Mexi­ lem,” she explained. “We hope can city across the border from to learn from the Minimum Cost San Diego, has recently experi­ Housing Program, and to try to enced a population explosion, build an agreement [with McGill] leaving it unable to provide to do new studies.” adequate sewer systems, hous­ B o th R om an o and ing, and water for its citizens.

Gonzâlez were impressed by In response to the prob­ McGill’s post graduate lems faced by the city, architecture program.

UI Director o f Architec- m m m “There is a lot of ture M anuel R o sen exchange of ideas with “ W e h a v e f a m i l i e s l i v i n g in Morrison created the students from other “Special Projects” class, sh a ck s m ad e of p ap er and countries, and we can a program designed as a d is c a r d e d w o o d , a s w e ll a s benefit from their ex­ social service to find so­ p e r ie n c e ,” stated lutions for developmen­ p ro b le m s w ith s a n ita tio n a n d Romano. “Part o f the tal problems in settle­ w a te r s e r v i c e .” education here is sim­ ment communities. ply sharing ideas with UI A rch itectu re other students.” stu d en ts V e ro n ica - P r o f e s s o r D a v id K l a g e s , Jesus Navarrete, a R om an o and Jo r g e U n iv e rs id a d I b e r o a m e r ic a n a , research associate in Gonzalez, participants in T i j u a n a the Minimum Cost the Special Projects pro­ Housing Graduate Pro­ gram, will be spending gram, was enthusiastic this semester at McGill about what McGill could offer know-how in our program at with the hope o f applying the McGill,” said Friedman. “That is Tijuana. experience ofMcGill’sMinimum “There’s a lot o f potential knowledge that could be very Cost H ousing program in for these students to learn some­ useful in Tijuana.”

Tijuana. thing from us that could be After visiting M exico, Professor David Klages, an applied in Tijuana,” he ex­ Friedman proposed a joint ef­ instructor in the Special Projects plained. ‘Tijuana is a very im­ fort b e tw e e n U niversidad course, commented on the dif­ portant lab for housing prob­ Iberoamericana and McGill, ficulties faced by the city. lems." and invited students in the spe­ “The infrastructure of the G o n z â lez n o ted that cial projects program to come city can’t keep up with the McGill’s program was extremely practical.

“I’m very impressed with McGill’s way of researching,” he remarked. “The methodol­ 3 0 ogy implemented here focuses students on a global perspec­ O f f B e l l 's L o n g D i s t a n c e ! tive on problems. It’s very inter­ esting.”

The Minimum Cost Hous­ ing program at McGill is also actively involved in other coun­ tries.

“Our focus is housing problems in developing coun­ tries. We’ve just finished an eight • O H d a y tim e r a t e s !

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• O ft w e e k e n d r a l e s ! provided to students “The scale of their prob­ • O ff a n y tim e ! across Canada lems [in Tijuana] is quite large. I • Individual billing -- each student has their ownaccount • think it is very remarkable that they’ve taken the initiative and • NoMinimumUsage • Can be used on any touch-tone telephone • they are looking to improve • Norisk - Use Bell Canada Long Distance at anytime, but pay full price • their situation. They’re con­ • Optional family plan for even greater discounts amongfamily members • cerned and they’re doing some­ Look for the re p re se n ta tiv e at your school, thing about it,” he added.

Romano was enthusiastic or call now to p re-register about the potential application o f the work done here in Tijuana.

“It’s going to be of much help,” she said. “Everyone [in Tijuana] wants to help, but they don’t know how to do it. We’re learning a lot of new things from different people and that’s very important for us.”

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population growth,” he ex­ plained. “We have families liv­ ing in shacks made of paper and discarded wood, as well as problems with sanitation and water service.”

McGill Affordable Homes Program Director Avi Friedman visited Tijauna last April, and noted that the experience of McGill’s Minimum Cost Hous­ ing Program could be very valu­ able if applied in Tijuana.

“We have developed a fan­ tastic amount of knowledge and

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I never really under­ stood the urge people feel to write on w ashroom walls.

I personally want to get out o f those stalls as quickly as possible. I hate the idea that others are judging you by the am ount o f noise you m ake and how long you ’re in there. And the bathroom stall is not exactly a place o f inspiration for me.

Apparently, however, this is not true for everyone.

There are people w ho take considerable time to write on those three walls.

(Three, since I’ve never seen graffiti on the rear wall.

Maybe there is in the m en’s, since they can face the other way.)

Much o f what is writ­ ten is gibberish. Discussions with a few informants sug­ gest the m en’s w ashroom s contain nothing but primal garbage — racial epithets an d d e g ra d in g ’ rem a rk s about w om en, not terribly profound. W om en’s w ash­ rooms in McGiil, how ever, are a forum. I’ve never seen a racial slur, nor an attack on lesbians. Instead, the walls in McGill’s w om en ’s washroom s serve as a place o f exchange o f views on w om en’s issues.

Certainly there are the stickers that every wom an should be sick o f by now — “O ne out o f every three w om en will b e sexually as­ saulted in her lifetime” (with the French translation co r­ rected for grammar,) and the “Look at how you look at h er” sticker, with the w om an in the slinky red dress and the sym bol for fem ale instead o f a head.

Both o f these stickers have incited hundreds o f co m ­ m ents, co n ce rn in g w hat w om en should and should not be able to wear, and w hether or not short skirts invite assault. The sam e ar­ guments are repeated over and over, replaced each time the poor cleaning staff scrub the debate away. It gets a little boring after a while.

O ccasionally, though, an interesting com m ent can be found. For exam ple, take the last stall in the w ash­ room on the second floor o f the Redpath Library. Last spring, som ebody took the

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time to write out the details o f an alleged legal case in the US. (It probably took her 15 minutes to write out, long enough for people to w onder what she was do­ ing in th ere....) The case was about a w om an w ho m et a man through a dating service or som ething. Th ey talked on the phone a few tim es, th en arran ged to m eet. The man sent a friend in his place, unbeknow nst to the wom an. The seco n d man and the w om an had sex. No force, explicit o r implicit, was involved. She found out the switch was made and charged the s e c ­ ond man with sexual as­ sault, claim ing that she had only agreed to have sex with the man she spoke to on the phone. The bath­ room scribbler then asked, was the w om an sexually assaulted or not?

Although the answ ers, o f which there were many, w ere thou ght-p rovoking, the more interesting qu es­ tion is why do w om en find the need to write philo­ sophical questions o n b a t h ­ r o o m w a lls ? T h o u g h I haven’t ventured into any m en’s room s lately, I’m told there are no raging debates occurring on their walls.

W hat does this say about w om an’s position today?

Has the struggle for m alefe m a le e q u a lity fo r c e d w om en into public solidar­ ity, w hile suppressing c o n ­ flicting fem inine views?

In my opinion, part o f th e ca u se is that v o ca l w om en have intim idated other w om en into toeing th e“feminist line”, that is, what the m ost outspoken feminists portray it as. Those w ho break the solidarity are considered “bad w om en”.

So debate goes to the bath­ room, w here it is anony­ m ous and thus uncensored.

The most unfortunate part is that m en don’t get to see w hat’s written. All they get to see is the unified front — the lie.

And no, I don’t think the w om an was assaulted.

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Ann Elbourne, the NDP candidate for the Saint-HenriWestmount riding, understands that with the glossy national leadership debates on televi­ sion full o f global rhetoric, it is easy to lose track o f what a democratic election is all about.

“There are 12 candidates in this riding. A democratic elec­ tion is not so much about the national leaders as picking the individual in your riding who fits best with the way you think, ” said Elbourne.

Elbourne, a graduate o f Oxford University, has been a te a c h e r fo r 18 y ea rs at Landsdowne Centre, a non­ profit teachers’ cooperative which tutors adults and chil­ dren with learning disabilities.

When asked what the NDP could do to address the finan­ cial problems of Canadian uni­ versities, she criticized the fund­ ing cuts put forth by the Con­ servative federal government, but emphasized that this was only part of the problem.

“Higher education depends a great deal on federal

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In her G lo b e a n d M a il c o lu m n la s t w e e k , A nn Rauhala expressed an opin­ ion that seem s to typify the cam paign o f Bloc Q uébécois ( B Q ) c a n d id a te E u g é n ia Romain.

“W om en candidates are cannon fodder,” the colum n­ ist alleged. “They are always asked to run where they cannot w in.”

However, Romain is op­ timistic about her chances o f w in n in g th e S a in t-H en riW estmount riding.

The riding has a large English population and tradi­ tionally supports the well-fi­ nanced, highly visible Liberal and Progressive Conservative c a m p a ig n m a c h in e s. Y e t Romain wants to dispel any notions that she will be slaugh­ tered like a sacrificial lamb on

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transfers,” she said. “The last Conservative government cut 37 million dollars that was to go to health and education. There also needs to be a bal­ ance where universities do a lot more fund-rais­ ing themselves,” added Elbourne, who is cur­ rently enrolled as a g rad u ate stu d en t in McGill’s Faculty o f Edu­ cation .

She also pointed to deficiencies in the stu­ dent loan process, which she feels still blocks ac­ cess to university for many Canadians.

“The NDP would cut the three per cent tax that students pay on their loans, extend the repay­ ment grace period to six months, and restructure the repayment rates in relation to the salary o f the individual,” said E lbo u rn e. “It w ould make for a much more NDP flexible system.”

When asked about the dearth of jobs awaiting stu­ d en ts u p o n g ra d u a tio n , Elbourne pointed out that a

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“It is already won, the Bloc Q uébécois will definitely take it, it is easy to see,” she claimed o f the O ctober 25th federal election. “According to polls, we are in the lead, not only in the province, but also in the Saint-Henri-Westmount riding.”

R o m a in w o u ld n o t specify who conducted these polls, but she placed a lot o f confidence in the claimed re­ sults, using them to justify her party’s lack of visibility in the riding.

“W e are already winners, so w e’re not going to hurry up and place posters here and there,” she claimed.

W ith less th an th ree w eeks to go before the elec­ tion, Romain has yet to partici­ pate in any candidates’ de­ bates on the McGill campus and had very few billboards or campaign posters in the

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Romain does not believe that her party’s role is to break up the country. She sees their role as that o f defender o f Q u éb ec’s interests in the national arena.

“W e must start by de­ fending the interests o f the Q u ébec p eople,” she stated.

“For the issue o f independ­ ence, there will be a referen­ dum, the people will decide — you, m e, everyone. But we will start by getting more pow er. People should not only focus on the issue o f sovereignty. What counts is that w e are going to get more pow er.”

By having greater con­ trol over decision-m aking, Romain maintained that Que­ b e c would be in a better po­ sition to deal with what she sees as the main concern of those in her riding: jobs.

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over 10 employees would pay a two per cent retraining levee to the government,” she said. “The tax would be completely re­ fundable once the training program was in motion.”

When asked about violence in society and the NDP’s platform dealing w ith v io le n c e against women, Elbourne made a connection between un­ e m p lo y m e n t and th e stresses o f society.

“Our party would say that you have to take it all back to jobs. A society actually gets more violent when you have high lev­ els o f unemployment,” she said. “I see society ap­ proaching some kind o f crisis point with violence, unemployment, and sin­ gle parent families inject­ ing so much stress into our communities, especially aboriginal communities, where cases o f violence and social problems are even more rampant.

“The NDP would also push for the [Canadian Radio-Tel­ ecommunications Committee] to look closely at the issue of vio­

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t a x a t io n lence on television. It’s impor­ tant to fight the deficit but it’s equally important to bring back jobs and maintain the social structure.”

While she did not deny the importance o f reducing the deficit, Elbourne questioned the Progressive Conservative party’s motives behind making it such a volatile election issue.

“The deficit isn’t as bad as it looks because the [Gross Na­ tional Product] is rising along with it,” said Elbourne “I’m not disputing the need to reduce it I just wonder if this whole defi­ cit thing hasn’t been contrived by the Conservatives to scare us all. Canada still has a triple A rating with bond agencies.”

Elbourne stressed that crit ics o f the three provincial NDP governments currently in power have been unfair in their nega­ tive appraisals o f the party’s performance.

“That’s not the w hole story. The NDP is doing lots of things well, but those aren’t the voices you hear,”she remarked “It’s easy to complain about the government and blame it for the country’s problems.”

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from the elimination o f redundant federal and p r o v in c ia l s e r v ic e s , Romain did not provide any details as to how a BQ victory would im­ prove jo b prospects.

Romain must also deal with the fact that her riding contains a uni­ versity in which 30 per cent of the students are from outside o f Q uebec, and whose student body is only 19.5 per cent francophone. Based on the anxiety that many Canadians have shown toward the idea o f sepa­ ratism, Romain’s chal­ lenge will include the need o f addressing the B Q c a n d id a t e R o m a in b ec people, whether you are concerns o f McGill students. black, yellow, blue or green W hen asked whether outof-province students would If you live in Q uebec, you are Q uébecois[e], w hether you have to pay international stu­ speak Spanish, English, or any dent fees in a separate Q ue­ la n g u a g e , you a re bec, Romain maintained that her party would try to avoid Québecoiste].”

At McGill, these words making adverse decisions. may fall on deaf ears, espe­ “Students are Q uebec’s fu­ cially if the BQ does not in­ ture,” she asserted. “You will crease its on-cam pus visibil­ b e protected, you are the fu­ ture. I don’t think that you will ity. However this m ode of be affected.” action is not likely. A m em ber Romain believes that it is o f Romain’s team inadvertently made clear w here McGill lies in the interest o f McGill stu­ dents to vote for the BQ. in the party’s list o f priorities “[McGill students] must The staff m em ber expressed vote logically," she said. “It is surprise that the university was even in the riding that his the B loc Q uébécois that will party hopes to represent. defend the interests o f the Que­

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The stripped down poppunk of Green Day has gener­ ated some of the catchiest songs ever to come out of the California punk scene. Since they began their first tour of the Northeast, Green Day’s live energy and pace have left trails of exhausted fans in their wake. The T rib u n e met with Green Day moments before their October 5th show with Sea­ weed and Bad Religion at Me­ tropolis. Present were Billie Joe (guitar/vocals), Mike (bass/vocals), andTre (drums). They plan to continue touring until new year. Early in 1994, Warner Broth­ ers records will release D ukey, their sixth album since 1989 and first for Warner.

Tribune: How long have you guys been together?

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to Warner Brothers records after five years on Lookout Records in California. How did that come about?

BJ: Well, it pretty much was a career move. We wanted to do something different with our lives.

We didn’t want to stay with one thing for the rest of our lives, ‘cause whatever you do, and no matter how much fun it is, you’re always gonna burn out, so you’ve got to keep progressing with what you do in life, keep going along...

Tribune: So did Warner come to you, or how did that come to be?

Tre: There was, like, a bidding war, and a bunch of cheezy labels wanted to sign us, then Warner Brothers came down and started giving us a real rap and saved our ass.

BJ For once in our lives, we really needed to make a decision of our own. It’s like, we got on Lookout when we were all 16, and pretty

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much living with our parents still, and me and Tre dropped out and Mike graduated, and you have something, but it was like what the fuck are you going to do with it? You’re 19, 20 years old, you’ve gotta make a decision, you’ve gotta move forward.

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M: Yeah, I went over there, and they said, “Hey! Why’d you do that’” T: We tickled one another, and it was cool...

T: ‘Cause we’re gonna die soon.

M: Then we gave Larry [Livermore, owner of Lookout Records] head, and everything was fine...

Tribune: That’s part of the plan?

T: Larry came soooo fast1

BJ: Well, that’s the thing, if we can sell more records then Tre’s gonna overdose on heroin.

M: ...so fast. He’d always wanted us to do it.

M: See, it was Geffen and heroin, or Warner Brothers and cocaine...

T: I’d rather overdose on coke...

M: ...and we’re more partial to coke, ‘cause you can s n a p on cocaine, while you just kinda drown yourself out on heroin.

Tribune: Did you get any hassles from Lookout or anyone when you made the decision to sign?

any problems with Lookout.

T: Especially not with their penis size.

Tribune: Okay. Uh, more specifi­ cally...

T: Nine inches.

(S e v e ra l m in u te s o f la u g h t e r e n s u e .)

Tribune: Alrighty, are you about anything specific?

T: Each song is different...just kinda smile as the world crumbles around you.

T: He always wanted me to do it.

I’ve known Larry since I was eight or nine years old, and Larry used to like sleep with me in the same bed, and I swear he’d touch me on my bum. Is this a conservative paper?

T: It’s kinda about stems, and seeds, and agriculture...

Tribune: Oh yeah....this isn’t gonna make it in...

M: Green Day means Mike, Tre and Bill, these three guys...

All: Aaaaaaaaawwww....

BJ: We’re just laughing at every thing you’ve ever wanted to sneer at

BJ: Well basically, we didn’t have

Tribune: So, what’s Green Day? What does it all mean’

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(Beggar’s Banquet) Oh happy day! Another instalment from Boston’s finest purveyors of infectious powerpop-rock. Buffalo Tom’s last album, L et M e C o m e O v er, was such a masterful work of singalong beauty that following it up must have seemed quite a daunting proposition, [b ig r e d le t te r d a y ] is successful because it isn’t just a facsimile of its predecessor; here the songs are softer, slower and more acoustic. It is a calculated pro­ gression, but one that works won­ ders on cuts like “I ’m A llo w ed ”, “Torch Singer”, and “Latest Monkey”.

The band has been compared to Dino­ saur Jr., but the R e p la c e m e n t s ’ co m b in atio n o f craft and fervour seems a more likely model.

Like that much celebrated out­ fit, Buffalo Tom don’t make any particular pretense to innova­ tion; what they do provide us with are undeniably catchy songs. — John Scanlon Eve’s Plum : E n v y (Sony Music) A band named after the

actress who played Jan on the Brady Bunch? Interesting con­ cept but, disappointingly, there is no cover of the show’s theme song on the disc.

Instead, the quartet’s lead vocalist, Colleen, delves into chirpy Brady subjects like suffo­ cating relationships and faithful­ ness. Her three male counter­ parts in the band provide the thrash guitar-based music to com­ plement her beautiful vocals.

Colleen is definitely not afraid to experiment with her voice. On “Blue” her voice sounds angelic and then transcends into a scorn­ ful Babes In Toyland-esque screech.

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songs, her v o ic e is wasted on m o n o to n o u s chords and repetitious lyrics. The band has great po­ tential, but first must learn from and advance past E n v ÿ s medi­ ocrity. — Matt Freed D in n er is Ruined: L o v e S o n g s f r o m t h e L u b r it o r iu m (Raw Energy/A & M) From the obscurity ofT.O .’s alternative scene emerges the debut album of the eclectic Din­ ner is Ruined.

The name “Raw Energy”,

the group’s A & M affiliated label, aptly sums up their musical style.

While they’re not just another grunge band, they could easily appeal to this crowd as well.

Each band member plays more instruments — kalimba, mandolin, violin, recorder— than they have fingers, creating a diverse sound that defies cat­ egorization.

To his credit, producer Dale Momingstar successfully melds Dinner’s wide ranging sound. The result: a complex and polished arrangement with­ out the usual synthesized elec­ tronic excess.

“Basic Training”, a sarcas­ tic ode to the U.S. military, mixes a wind section, pre-recorded army p ro m otion and dictaphoned lyrics to paint an ugly picture of this devious insti­ tution.

If you overlook a sound that might at first come off as confused, this is one of those rare albums that can truly grow on you. — Geordie Henderson Judgem ent NighU S o u n d t r a c k (Epic) The two most powerful genres of popular music have joined forces — that’s right, Rap meets Grunge, the ghetto meets Seattle, touque meets flannel.

The premise: pair up the latest hip hop and progressive rock artists and see what happens.

The results are mixed — sim­ plistic, fragmented, and nonrevolutionary, but most of the songs on the Judgement Night

soundtrack are actually quite good.

The successful unions in­ clude Dinosaur Jr. & Del the Funky H om osapien in the groovy “Missing Link”, and Hel­ met & House of Pain’s disjointed “Just Another Victim”.

The songs that don’t work, like the blind rage of Slayer & Ice-T’s “Dis­ order”, fail be­ ca u se th ey tak e th em ­ selves w a y too seriously. This album is so co n triv e d it makes the S in ­ g l e s so u n d ­ track seem subtle and in­ genious. The only song that plays up the contrivance is the hilarious sex rap/surf rock “Freakmomma” by Mudhoney & Sir Mix-A-Lot. The pairing here alone causes spontaneous laughter. Another source of hu­ mour— the double appearance o f Cypress Hill with both Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth. I can just picture Stone Gossard and Kim Gordon sulking until someone said, “All right, all right, you can both do a song with Cypress Hill. Now now, stop crying Stone!" — Mark Davies W h etherm an G roove Tube: W b etb erm a n G ro o v e T u b e

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funded CD, WGT claims, “At first, this material may be hard to classify.” JOY! A music critic’s dream challenge! For starters, nearly everything on this CD has been heard before, although not necessarily put together in the same way. The tracks almost unanimously diffuse into 'jams’ rem in iscen t of live, early 70's Zeppe­ lin, Floyd, or the Dead, or for that mat­ ter, early 9 0 's Spin Doctors. Be­ ware the re­ venge of the Hammond organ , the wah-wah p ed al, and the lame TV sitcom theme song style vocals (Andrew Peters, where are you?).

It would, however, be an injus­ tice to omit the fact that WGT is a group of individually compe­ tent musicians (almost all McGill alumni), and there are several moments of good old fashioned grooviness on their first fulllength release. But back to the classification challenge: Think A m e r ic a n B a n d s t a n d .. Occa­ sionally Dick Clark would ‘ran­ domly’ choose a representative from the mass of boppin’ kids to comment on the latest hit. The unequivocal answer, “It’s got a beat, I can dance to it.” And t h a t 's Whetherman Groove Tube. — Brendon Yorke

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F ilm ed in northern T u scanj, F i o r i l e relates one o f the region’s an­ cient legends about the malefic power o f gold over human­ kind. This tale o f the transform ation o f the Benedetti name (meaning ‘blessed’) to Maledetti (mean­ “ L e g e n d s a r e n 't le g e n d s , th e y 'r e r e a l," a c c o r d in g to th e T a v ia n i b ro th e rs ing ‘cursed’) is re­ lated by the last descendant of F i o r i l e is, above all, a leg­ the Benedetti family to his two end, replete with the stock el­ children. ements o f such stories, includ­ ing treasure chests and love at The Tavianis insist on the first sight. If viewers fail to fact that F i o r i l é s main theme is keep in mind that F io r ile does love. In a recent interview, they said: “Jean and Fiorile’s brief not intend to be realistic, the movie will lose all its magic. love story spurs the killing Legends are meant to teach forces of gold.” Yet all the their listeners a lesson about characters are tied by a single

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The same actors are used in the different sequences of the tale to reinforce the link betw een the tragic past and the upcoming present. Galaeta Ranzi makes her film debut as Fiorile, and Claudio Bigagli, as Corrado, was last seen in Guiseppe S a l v a t o r e s ’ M e d it t e r a n e o . Still, the most remarkable perform an ces are given by the young actors who portray the Benedetti chil­ dren. It is through their eyes that the legend achieves its seductive magic.

T hrough the narration, we come back to the present and witness the fas­ cinated children’s discovery o f good and evil, love, and the power o f wealth.

Looking through the window o f the roll­ ing car, they visual­ ize the events that are re­ counted to them. Through this device, the past appears real even to the eyes o f the adult audience.

Within the frame o f a breathtaking landscape, inven­ tive camera work bridges past and present. Scrupulous edit­ ing transforms a good movie into a startling one.

Vittorio and Paolo Taviani have won various prizes at the Cannes Film Festival over the years, including the “Palme d ’O r” in 1 9 7 7 fo r P a d r e P a d r o n e . True followers of Fellini and Bertolucci, the brothers are among the most industrious Italian directors of the last decades. The two alter­ nated behind the camera du­ ties on a daily basis, and they admit to not being able to tell who did what. The osmosis is complete.

Acclaimed all over Eu­ rope, this film is not to be missed. F i o r ile epitomizes the Italian cinem a’s cult o f beauty.

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After losing 28,000 men at the battle o f Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee mused bitterly: “It’s all my fault. I thought we were in v in c ib le .” H aving sat through his four-and-one-half hour film version o f the con­ frontation, I think CNN czar Ted Turner should offer the same apology. Having so suc­ cessfully produced the Gulf War for us, the now-cocky Turner Productions here takes a crack at history, and re­ duces a tragic and multifac­ eted battle, perhaps the most significant o f the American Civil War, to a drawn out game o f Stratego.

The problem with most “men and war” films is that, well, the manliness and the warfare tend to overshadow every thing else. G e tty s b u rg suffers from this problem. As the screen adaptation of Michael Shaara’s excellent 1974 volume, T h e K ille r A n ­ g e ls , the movie retains the factual aspects o f the book and the technicalities o f ac­ tual engagem ents without reproducing any o f the beauty or narrative flow o f the origi­ nal work. The film, unlike the book, is both disjointed and often awkward, jumping from battle to battle, death to death, with little story or imagery to complement the action.

Screenwriter and direc­ tor Robert Maxwell does at­ tem pt to retain som e o f Shaara’s commitment to char­ acter. In history these men and their relationships are fascinating. But here they are not. To start, Daniels is the only actor who delivers. As the insecure schoolteacher Colonel Chamberlain, who struggles with a new-found p o s itio n o f le a d e r s h ip , Daniels is excellent. Not so with the other actors. Sheen, as the historically worshipped Lee, looks like he still has shell shock from the filming o f A p o c a ly p s e N ow .

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Still, G e tty s b u rg exhibits an impressive attention to de­ tail. Many o f the extras are actually “re-enactors”, r e a a a l ly big Civil War buffs who showed up at the filming with their own uniforms, suggestions, and sometimes even weapons. The result? Every button is carefully placed, every musket techni­ cally detailed, every wagon properly outfitted. Alas, props do not a good movie make.

Similarly, the battle scenes themselves are executed skil­ fully. Man and steel and fire and swelling music combine to render the look and feel o f an old battle epic. At moments even the most hardened paci­ fist might find themselves cheer­ ing along.

The only glory in this film is purely military, and this dis­ appoints. The slavery issue is skirted, and in its place viewers are offered several grandiose but shallow all-men-are-created-equal speeches. The plot leaves viewers asking: Why? We know the uniform is au­ thentic, but why is General Longstreet so morose? What is a young teacher from Maine doing leading a Regiment in bayonet charges? These are the most fascinating aspects both o f Shaara’s book, and o f the Battle o f Gettysburg itself, and the film subjugates them to the roar o f cannon.

The final question here, t hen, ma y be : “W hy is G e t ty s b u rg four-and-one-half hours long?” Turner Produc­ tions could have blown up just as many things in two hours, and not said anything less. As it stands, G e t ty s b u rg will only be o f interest to Civil War junkies, and students enrolled in His­ tory 461D, “The Civil War and Reconstruction”, who didn’t do all their reading.

While General Chamberlain explains that America is great due to the ethic: “Here, we judge you by what you do”, most will wish that Ted Turner simply hadn’t.

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him self in the midst o f a Red Guard demonstration. He is forced to watch as expres­ Looking for a love slave? sio n less com m unist youth Think the perfect woman is bum the finery that o n ce b e­ one w hose mission in life is to decked the opera singer he now loves. The strange amour serve you? Then perhaps you at the heart o f the film is a should consider M. B u tterfly. flight from an even stranger She wants to please you. She wants to share the secrets o f reality.

At its O rie n ta l core, M. B u tlove-making terfly is a tragic w ith y o u . ro m a n ce. In Ju st tw o In his “b u tterfly ” , his “butterfly”, catches: she G a llim a rd w o n ’t tak e G allim ard th in k s he thinks h e has o ff h er h a s found th e only found the only clothes, and unsoiled gem u n soiled g e m in th e she is using in the chaos you for her c h a o s arou n d h im ... around him . own sordid He creates an purposes o f im a g e , e n ­ w h ich you couraged and would never dream. Aptly released after shaped by his lover, Song the success o f T he C ryin g Liling 0 . Lone), o f the ultimate male fantasy. Is it love? Is it G am e, this espionage movie exploitation? Is it a flight from helps prove the irony that the “perfect w om an” could only reality? Is it a flight into the ultimate reality? T h e subject be created by a man. matter is inherently fascinat­ Set in China during the ing, the questions raised are turbulent years o f the Cultural biting, personal and provoca­ Revolution, the story unfolds in a country riding the border tive. But the m ovie fails to do o f imperialism and com m u­ justice to the questions.

V ie w e r s w h o s h a r e nism. T he cultures o f East and West are juxtaposed, and a Gallimard’s romanticizing and patriarchal attitude concern­ F r e n c h d ip lo m a t, R e n é Gallimard (Jerem y b o n s) is ing w om en will have an easier time identifying with the pro­ caught in the middle. In one striking scene, Gallimard finds tagonist. W e sym pathize with

ENTERTAINMENT n a t e s They’re airing out the stench o f the Pizza Hut to welcom e Jason Beck back to the Alley this weekend.

McGill’s own Jazz Guy sur­ prised everyone with a se­ ries o f funkier, more rockin’ shows last year. The antiPiano Man returns with a n ew bass p lay er (Jo o st Ouwerkerk), same drummer 0ohnFraboni) and said: “The jazzy stuff is almost all gone now, for better or for worse, and I’ve been listening to w ay too much M atthew Sweet for my own good.”

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the betrayal and confusion he ultimately feels. But to see the end as truly tragic w e need to feel pity for him, not just his situation. Perhaps the m ovie’s w eakest point is that a bond with Gallimard is never cre­ ated. Throughout the work, he remains a snivelly French­ man. T h e intense final scenes draw us into his pain, but this is m ore a con sequen ce o f fine acting and stunning camera manipulation than any genu­

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B Y B IL L Y KHOURY The McGill men’s soccer team continued to roll through their 1993 season, knocking off l ’U niversité du Q u é b e c à Montréal (UQAM) and Bishop’s this weekend at Molson sta­ dium, keeping their record un­ defeated (6-0-1).

On Friday night, head coach Valerio Gazzola’s Redmen ran into a determined UQAM squad. The Citadins played a disciplined game, but fell to red-hot McGill 2-1.

On a night when the tem­ perature dropped below zero and the field was more slippery

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s o c c e r te a m than the McConnell ice rink, it appeared that the team which was more mentally prepared for the harsh conditions would have the upper hand. This proved to be true right from the start of the game.

UQAM (0-5-1) came out storming and took control by scoring a quick goal in the first minutes of the game.

What should have been a routine zone breakout becam e a fatal turnover when a danger­ ous McGill pass was intercepted by a UQAM winger.

The Citadins scored on the ensuing break. The first half o f the opening period was marked by McGill’s disoriented and nervous play, resulting in numerous off-sides.

Gazzola commented on his team’s shaky start.

“Our backfield was a little nervous at the start,” he stated.

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B Y D A V ID BEZ M O ZG IS Students frequenting the Currie Gym weight room can now breathe a bit easier. The ventilation system, out of order for the last several weeks, has been repaired. Now, those wish­ ing to break a sweat will actu­ ally have to work out.

The ventilation break­ down caused many gripes among the weight room’s stu­ dent users, but only recently prompted action. Two weeks ago, one aggravated student, with petition in hand, climbed atop the desk at the entrance to the weight room, and an­ nou nced that he had had enough of the environment un­ der which he was forced to train.

The petition, calling for the immediate improvement of conditions in the gym, received six pages o f supporting signa­ tures. It was apparent that stu­ dents were fed up with the intense heat and humidity which prevailed in the weight room.

The training climate was not only a question o f inconven­ ience, but became, for some, a health concern.

On Monday, October 4th, one student was reported to have vomited outside the doors o f the weight room due to the heat. Many others were often heard complaining about how physically trying exercise be­ came under the humid condi­ tions.

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direct play from the back. If I get that w e’ll be in position to win the game. This stability started to show itself in the second half of the first period and the tide started to turn.”

Led by forwards MarcAntoine Larochelle and Nick Giannas, McGill spent the rest o f the period in UQAM’s end of the field.

After numerous close calls, McGill finally put one by the C itad in s n etm in d er w hen Larochelle, a U3 Commerce stu­ dent, tapped in a perfect pass from m id -field er Cam eron Hogg.

Hogg, without doubt the best player on the field Friday, showed great patience and vi­ sion in waiting for an opening and threading the pass through a crowd. Larochelle, the team’s leading scorer, redirected the ball into the net with ease.

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Jyll Weinberg, a second year physiology student, ex­ plained she found the heat “al­ ways cut my work-out short.”

George (who didn’t reveal his last name), a U1 physical edu­ ca tio n stu d en t, ech oed Weinberg’s sentiments.

a Canadian History graduate student, admitted that the facili­ ties were “difficult to work in and more difficult to work out in.”

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good things to say about the two players after the game.

“Cameron has been the key player in the midfield all year and he really showed it tonight,” he commented. “Marc Antoine keeps on coming up with the big goals for us. One a game, that’s all I can ask for.”

Scoring chances were even in the second half, but McGill continued to dictate the flow of the game.

T eam ca p ta in Chris Drysdale controlled the tempo whenever he got the ball and it was only a matter o f time be­ fore the game was broken open.

Nick Giannas finally net­ ted the winner mid-way through the period on a great individual effort. Giannas broke away at mid-field and managed to keep UQAM’s defenders at bay while releasing the winning shot.

Gazzola praised his team’s ability to overcome a slow start.

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“It was a good overall ef­ fort,” he stated. “The boys showed character after falling behind; this UQAM team really played well tonight. W e’re un­ defeated and in first place; every team from now on is going to play extra hard against us. We got the two points, so you have to hand it to the boys.”

On Sunday afternoon, at Molson Stadium, the Redmen crushed Bishop’s 4-0 behind two goals from Marc-Antoine Larochelle. Chris Drysdale was first to beat the Gaiter goalie, while Kadima Lonji completed the scoring.

Brian Rae recorded the shutout for the Redmen, ranked 2nd nationally.

The Redmen’s next game will be on Friday, October 15th, at 9 PM, at Molson Stadium, against th e U niversité du Q u é b e c à T ro is-R iv iè re s (UQTR).

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handled it as quickly as possi­ ble,” explained Gold. She fur­ ther elaborated that Physical Plant has all o f its duties prioritized, and that perhaps this may have been one o f the reasons for the delay.

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desk. Prior to that moment he had no idea that the situation was as serious as it was.

Baruch explained why there were delays in fixing the system.

“The call-in was taking a little too long,” he said. “We [Facilities] called the people in charge, and it worked out that parts were broken that had to be sent out for.”

When asked about the situ­ ation, Charles Adler, manager o f Physical Resources at Physi­ cal Plant, conceded that he was not fully aware o f the condi­ tions in the Currie weight room.

However, he said he believed that Blake McGibben, Director o f Maintenance, could provide more information.

McGibben could not be reached for comment. c The ventilation system in 01 the weight room has now been <u fixed, and the quality o f the M <u environment has improved.

However, the air circula­ SI -O tion system’s age and overall C condition have an important effect on the building’s normal atmospheric conditions.

“Ventilation has always E x cessiv e tem peratu res a n d overcrow d in g h a v e m any ath eletes an d gym-users unhappy been poor in the weight room,” sistant Manager o f Facilities, Baruch conceded. “When it is “I lost energy pretty fast,” addressed the problem, two clarified that the root o f the warm outside it is even warmer weeks elapsed. he said. problem was mechanical. in the weight room, and when The petition was initially To keep himself from feel­ “The ball bearings [in the it is freezing outside it is com­ submitted to Marla Gold, the ing ill, George claimed that he Currie Fitness and Recreation ventilation system] were all de­ fortable in the weight room.” was forced to “take a trip after “It is a system that has to every set to the water fountain.” Coordinator, who forwarded it stroyed,” he remarked.

Baruch admitted that the b e red one eventually,” he to Physical Plant.

Several members o f the “I put the problem into first time he heard of the prob­ added, citing budgetary con­ staff also expressed disap­ lem in the weight room was straints as the reason behind the Facilities office, and they pointment with the weight called Physical Plant, and they when the petition reached his the present conditions. room conditions. Je ff Bennett,

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B Y K A SH IF ZAHOOR It has been a tale of two teams and one city. McGill began its seaso n 2-0, w hile the Concordia Stingers started a dis­ mal 0-2. Since McGill’s 29-24 win over the Stingers in the Shrine Bowl three weeks ago, the Redmen have dropped three straight to fall to 2-3.

The Stingers, on the other hand, have won three straight since then and have squared the season series with McGill with a 28-14 win over the Redmen in the 25th annual Shaughnessy Cup, last Saturday.

The Stingers raised their overall mark to 3-2 before a crowd of 979 and a national television audience on The Sports Network (TSN).

McGill struck first, early in the opening quarter. Fifth-year quarterback Justin Raymond threw a 42-yard touchdown strike to Alex Trépanier. Raymond’s longest touchdown pass of the season gave the Redmen a 7-0 lead.

The lead was short-lived as the Stingers would go on to score 28 unanswered points behind

Shaughnessy Cup MVP Dennis Pitsellis. The Stinger QB was in­ volved in all four Concordia touchdowns, and completed 17 of his 29 attempts for 319 yards, two touchdowns, and no inter­ ceptions.

The Stingers tied the game on a two-yard touchdown run

by Pitsellis in the dying seconds of the first quarter. Concordia then took the lead for good, midway through the second quar­ ter on Pitsellis’s second touch­ down. His seven-yard scamper gave the Stingers a 14-7 advan­ tage.

Pitsellis extended the Sting­ ers lead to 14 points on a 27-yard pass to w ideout Sébastien Vittecoq. The pass capped a 65yard drive for Concordia.

Following a scoreless third quarter, the Redmen mounted their characteristic attempt at a comeback. The Redmen offense, which had been virtually non­ existent in previous games, awoke from its slumber by mov­ ing the ball up and down the field at will. Unfortunately, some key turnovers ended any chance of a late rally.

McGill threatened to score and cut into the Concordia lead early in the quarter. A question­ able call by an official, however, put a damper on their attempts to make a comeback. Facing a third

and five from the Concordia sevenyard line, Raymond lobbed a screen pass to Chad Luedtke.

Luedtke took the ball to the Concordia one-yard line for an apparent first down, but the ball came loose after he had already hit the ground. Concordia took possession on the fumble.

To make things even worse, Pitsellis pulled the plug on McGill by connecting on a 26-yard touch­ down pass, extinguishing any hope of a Redmen rally.

With less than a minute re­ maining, the Redmen closed out the drive to score on a 37-yard pass play from Raymond to rookie running back Dimitri Haddad. The touchdown, although insignifi­ cant, gave the Redmen some re­ spect on national television as well as on the scoreboard. The Redmen TSN jinx continued, though, as they fell to 3-6 in nationally televised games.

In spite of the loss, the Redmen felt the game had a posi­ tive impact on the team.

“It is the best showing we’ve had offensively. We saw some­ thing we haven’t seen all year, and that was some offense,” re­ marked fifth-year wideout Steve Papp.

The McGill offense netted a total of 381 yards. Justin Raymond had his best day offensively, com­ pleting 25 of 39 passes for 339

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playoff im­ plicatio n s.

Ju st three weeks ago McGill ap­ peared to be a shoe-in for post-season play. But with just two weeks left in the regular s e ason ,

McGill is in S tin ger M ike N oble pulls aw ay in M u d B ow l a three way tie for third place in the Onso we can get a playoff game at home,” said Bailie. tario-Quebec Inter-University Football Conference (O-QIFC) McGill can assure itself of a with Carleton and Queen’s. If second place finish, but they the Redmen are to make the need to win their last two games, playoffs, they need to win one and hope that the Stingers lose of their two remaining games. their next two games.

Head coach Charlie Bailie The Redmen will have their isn’t satisfied with just making work cut out for them next week. the playoffs, however.

They travel to Lennoxville to “We like to think we might face the undefeated and thirdranked Bishop’s Gaiters (5-0). have a chance at second place

ELECTIONS SSMU

Undefeated in five: Martlets Field Hockey tied up In a repeat of the previous week’s matchups, the Martlets Field Hockey team, ranked 13th nationally, played 10th ranked Queen’s to a 0-0 draw and matched Carleton 1-1 last weekend in Ottawa.

Goalie Gillian Roper got the shutout against Queen’s, while Stephanie Wollin beat the Carleton defense to come up with the Martlets’ only score of the weekend.

Head coach Alex Phillipi stressed that the Martlets had a chance to come up a winner on both occasions.

“It would have been nice to win,” he said. “We had our opportu­ nities to win both games, but we missed a lot of penalty comers. We created a lot of opportunities, but we didn’t finish the plays.”

Phillipi explained that his players were coming off a bad practice week.

With five straight undefeated games under their belts, the Martlets will host York University, the University of Toronto and Trent University at Molson Stadium from October 15th to the 17th.

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McGill Rowers left out in the cold; bad weather cancels Brock Invitational Regatta After making the trek to St Catherines, Ontario, for the Brock Invitational Regatta, the McGill Rowing Club had their Saturday compe­ tition cancelled due to incessant rain and near-freezing temperatures.

Although delayed by one hour, the morning heats took place as scheduled despite the inclement weather. After all the heats were completed, with the final races set for the afternoon, regatta officials met with representatives from all the competing clubs.

Several hypothermia cases had been reported to the paramedics on hand and race officials, along with the teams reps, subsequently cancelled the afternoon finals.

Duncan King, coach of the McGill men’s novice lightweight eight boat, stressed that the cancellation was justified.

“It really wasn’t too difficult a decision to make,” said King. “All they had to do was look around and see all the soaking wet rowers with blue lips.” ___________________________________________

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Last Sunday at Molson Sta­ dium, the Martlets soccer team’s play was about as sharp as a rubber ball, but in testimony to their domination of the Quebec University Soccer League (QUSL), they nevertheless managed to rout Bishop’s 4-0.

Providing the necessary firepower were goal scorers Odile Desbois, Sandra Mady and Tracy Dickson (2). However, the game represented a lost opportunity for the Martlets to distance them­

s o c c e r selves from Sherbrooke atop the league standings.

If the Martlets win their re­ maining three games, they will most likely finish tied for first place with the Vert et Or at the end of the season. If the teams do finish deadlocked, the champion will be determined by a tally of goals for and against.

While Bishop’s will not fig­ ure in the playoff picture, a bigger margin of victory would have helped McGill’s cause, especially since the league winner auto­ matically gets a playoff bye to the QUSL championship final, along with home field advantage.

Fifth-year veteran Gayle Noble described the conse­ quences of the team’s poor play this weekend.

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end up tied with Sherbrooke, so the goal differential is going to make us or break us,” she said.

“Against a team like Bishop’s, that’s where you have to pick up your goals.”

Head Coach Tony Iachetta felt the Martlets failed to prepare psychologically for their less com­ petitive opponents.

“We shouldn’t have trouble getting up for a weaker team, that was a problem this weekend,” explained Iachetta. “(The Martlets] didn’t play up to their abilities.

Four to nothing sounds like a big win, but it really should have been a whole lot more.”

Noble was at a loss to ex­ plain her team’s torpor.

“I can’t really tell you what happened, we just looked like a really weak team,” she com­

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B i s h o p ’s mented. “We weren’t even click­ ing as a team, we weren’t putting the ball at the right place...passes weren’t at the right place...”

Despite all the criticism about their play, the Martlets were never threatened in their end of the field.

“I touched the ball maybe once,” said goalie Carolyn Teng, who got the shutout. “Against a team like Bishop’s, even if we are playing badly, we won’t play badly enough to give them a chance.”

“My defense played well enough to keep Bishop’s out of our end,” continued Teng.

The win was of little conso­ lation for the Martlets and their poor play leaves them with the task of regrouping to make a run for another spot in the CIAU

finals. The QUSL winner earns the right to represent Quebec in the Canadian Inter-university Ath­ letic Union (CIAU) champion­ ships final. McGill was national runner-up in each of the past two years and will host this year’s CIAU tournament in November.

Teng, however, does not view the situation so pessimisti­ cally.

“In a way, it’s good to have a game like this because it makes you realize that we can’t take anything for granted,” she said.

“We’ll take the win and try to learn from our mistakes. It will help us in the long run."

The Martlets’ next game will be on Friday, October 15th, at 7 PM in Molson Stadium, against the Université du Québec à TroisRivières.

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occurred when Redman Stacey McGregor was thrown out of the game for hitting an opponent from behind. Bondy was not penalized fora simi­ lar infrac­ tion. “ I

by the Redmen carry over to the regular season. Players can be sus­ pended from games if they have accumulated too many major penal­

t h i n k B Y JO R D A N A BER G ER

Last week, at the River City Shootout Tournament in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the McGill Redmen Hockey team was defeated by both the St. Thomas Tommies and the Concordia Sting­ ers. Unfortunately, the tournament turned into a physically draining ordeal for McGill, as both oppo­ nents, especially St. Thomas, seemed more interested in com­ peting in a ring than in the rink.

The Tommies’ approach to the game upset Redmen Head Coach Jean Pronovost “St. Thomas didn’t want to play [hockey], they wanted to in­ timidate!” griped the coach. He claimed the referee seemed con­ tent to allow them to do so.

Ten seconds into the game, Tommie Mike Bondy rammed Redman Martin Routhier against the boards, elbowing him behind the head and ripping off his hel­ met. Knocked off balance against the glass, Routhier fell hard to the ice, necessitating four stitches to his head. Bondy was not penalized.

“The new rules [established] by the Canadian Hockey Associa­ tion (CHA) are supposed to make it tougher (on dirty players),” noted Pronovost. The association’s new guidelines were intended to hand out stiffer penalties to players who hit from behind or high stick (using a hockey stick to hit an opponent above the waist).

However, the referee ap­ peared to ignore many of St. Thomas’ infractions while failing to cut the Redmen the same slack.

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Pronovost a major headache.

“During the first period of the game we were constantly on the defensive, killing penalties for twelve min­ u tes,” ex ­ plained the coach. “I got perturbed, to say the least, and I kept screaming at the ref, ‘Let us play hockey!’

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calling nothing. I wish there would be a happy medium,” stressed a frustrated Pronovost The final outcome was a 4-3 Redmen loss, the worst part being that the penalty minutes racked up

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were down the R iv e r C ity Shootout in F red ericton by three goals was not indicative of their strong ties.

In the consolation game effort up until that point. During played against Concordia, the Sting­ intermission, Provonost provided a ers also played rough and tough, pep talk for the players.

“They had played a good, causing a few problems in the be­ ginning of the game and giving hard-hitting game up until then. All

they had to do was build on the positive and dominate the third," Pronovost explained.

The Redmen controlled the third period with a pair of goals from defender Martin Laquerre with forward Stacey McGregor scoring the third. However, this wasn’t enough to catch the Stingers as the Redmen fell 4-3.

The tournament gave Pronovost the chance to play al­ most everyone on the team and enabled him to get a good look at his players, potentials, veterans and rookies alike.

The Redmen are scheduled to play in the UQTR Invitational Tournament in Trois-Rivières from October 15th to the 17th. This com­ petition involves the three other teams in the conference’s East divi­ sion: Concordia, Ottawa and TroisRivières. The tournament should give the Redmen a good idea of how they will fare in the regular season.

Pronovost emphasized the tournament’s importance.

“The games should be very interesting. The other teams are good and so are we.”

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[Student Exchange Program Did you know that you can attend a foreign university but only pay McGill tuition?

The Department of External Affairs wants to make this program better-known.

N e e d e d : Students who have already gone through the program, or who are interested in expanding the program.

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WHATIS WORKSTUDY? Work Study is a programwhkh provides students with financial assistance through part time employment on campus. Work Study positions are varied and range from clerical jobs to more challenging jobs such as research or programming.

WHOIS ELEIBLEFORTHEPR06RAM? You may apply if you: - are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or international student - are a full-time McGill student, registered during the academic period in which the work is performed (and in satisfactory standing!.

- demonstrate financial need and have applieafor student loans

HOWDOI APPLY? Submit a completed application tothe Student Aid Office by the deadline: 15 October 1993 3 6 3 7 P e e l S t, R o o m 2 0 0 , M o n tr é a l Q C, H 3 A I X I